Side Story Episode 4 – Coincidence, Inevitability, and Meeting (3)
Can you regain lost power?
“······ yes?”
Seo-jun could not understand Aren’s words for a moment.
It’s not that I didn’t understand
I never expected Aren to say something like that.
Seo-jun’s power was in a situation where it was extinguished as a ’cause’ that collapsed the space of the boundary.
In a word, it was the power that erased records of cause and effect,
It could be seen as a power that has already been lost.
No matter how the laws of the world change,
You couldn’t create something out of nothing.
It was a realm of creation that even observers could not touch.
That’s why Seojun’s power was a power that could no longer be regained.
Maybe Aren is why Seo-joon lost his power.
I thought he said something like that because he didn’t know the details.
but.
“If you’re not rude, can I check Kim Seo-joon’s condition?”
There was a certain certainty in Aren’s eyes that Seo-joon was looking at.
Seojun looked at Aren and nodded slowly.
The power that was annihilated at the cost of collapsing the boundary space.
I was determined enough,
That’s why there were no regrets either.
However, it was also true that he felt a considerable sense of collapse at the loss of power.
to get there.
to come here.
A lot of things Seojun went through.
Because, in a way, it could be said that Seo-jun was everything.
Seo-joon could do anything Aren asked him to do if he could regain that power.
Aren raised one hand and pointed the palm to Seo-jun.
And then gently close your eyes,
Strange magical energy began to form around the spread palm.
The accumulated magical power eventually turned into a lump and headed for Seo-jun.
It grew larger and soon began to embrace Seo-jun’s entire body.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Seo-joon could feel the energy of clear magic running through his body.
It feels like your entire body is being scanned.
How much time had passed like that?
Woo woo woo…
The magic power fades,
Aren slowly opened his eyes.
“It’s a little… strange.”
Aren tilted his head and continued.
“At first, I thought the power itself was sealed…”
Aren doesn’t seem to understand.
He shook his head and opened his mouth again.
“This is rather than the power being sealed… completely gone? Precisely, I can only explain that the cause and effect related to the lost power was excluded.”
At Aren’s words, Seo-joon smiled bitterly.
I didn’t know what Aren’s words meant exactly, but
It was because I could know the approximate nuance.
And Aren, who looked at Seo-jun’s expression.
“Can you tell me what happened?”
Aren asked Seo-jun with serious eyes.
Seo-joon hesitated for a moment, but
Soon after, he slowly opened his mouth with a confused expression on his face.
“actually···.”
The story that continued like that was 10 months in another dimension.
After that, it was the next thing to return to Earth.
A showdown with a great voice.
The work that prevented the fusion of dimensions by doing so.
Until the last time I had with the observer.
Seo-jun calmly explained the stories of the past to Aren.
The long story has come to an end.
“That, so… and, you mean that the observer was extinguished…?”
Aren opened his eyes and asked again.
Honestly, a contemplative, what is it?
It was an unbelievable story, but Aren didn’t seem to doubt Seo-jun’s story.
“I don’t know until it disappears, but at least it is certain that it was banished from this world.”
“Three, my God…!”
Aren’s eyes began to widen at Seo-jun’s words.
I stared blankly at Seo-joon with an expression of disbelief.
It was as if the face would look like that if the sun rose in the west.
Wait, but did Aren know the Observer?
Wouldn’t the superintelligence, not the transcendent, not know the existence of the Observer?
The moment I had such a question.
<And, you banished the observer?!?!?>
Suddenly, a shout like a shout from a mentor was heard.
When I turned my gaze, the mentor was staring at Seo-joon in fright.
Unlike Aren just before,
If the sun rose in both the west and south at the same time, he had a face like that…
In a word, the expression was very good to see.
<Uh, uh, uh, how could that…! Stand, stand, no way no way!! You really do it…!!!>
The mentor seems to have forgotten to even blink.
I just looked at Seo-joon with my eyes open.
And then.
“Ah… that’s why the causal effect was suddenly deleted…”
Aren’s murmur was faintly audible.
In the past, even if I didn’t want to hear the muttering in front of my nose, I could hear it on my own.
It was because of a transcendent sense that was not sensitive.
Especially after learning Irina’s sense of dominance.
But maybe it’s because he’s lost all his strength and his senses are gone?
Unfortunately, Seojun couldn’t hear what Aren was muttering.
“yes? What did you just say?”
“Oh, nothing.”
When Seo-jun asked, Aren hurriedly shook his head.
I felt like I was hiding something…
Seo-jun quickly turned off his nerves.
To be precise, Seo-jun did not have the mind to care about such things.
“If that’s the case…”
Aren lowered his gaze slightly with a troubled expression.
The power of Seo-joon that has disappeared.
It was as if he had heard the situation and realized that it was impossible.
also···.
The moment I thought of it.
“It’s difficult, but I think we can get it back.”
“······ yes?”
Aren continued with a small smile.
“Of course it will be much more difficult than I thought.”
A mind that goes blank for a moment.
“Let’s check it once more.”
Aren slowly rose from his seat.
#
The place Aren led again was another room located in the living quarters.
It was not exactly a room, but rather a laboratory or study.
Also, various books of unknown content were scattered on the floor,
Various magic circles, the meaning of which was difficult to grasp, were densely engraved on the wall.
The atmosphere is quite different from the clean room just before.
<Oh… It feels like looking at our director’s laboratory.>
Actually, it was a laboratory, to put it mildly.
Simply put, it meant shit.
But Aren wonders if this chaos is his own order?
They were busy moving around the lab.
“According to Kim Seo-joon’s words… the reason Kim Seo-joon lost his power was because he acted as the ’cause’, the cost of destroying the space of boundaries. But… that’s a bit incoherent.”
Aren picked up a book scattered on the floor.
And like opening a book and checking the contents,
He touched a certain part with his finger and opened his mouth again.
“Because Kim Seo-joon was a contradictory being who was not recorded in causality.”
Aren checked the contents of the open book and continued to explain further.
Seo-jun’s existence was a situation where causality could not be measured for some reason.
Therefore, strictly speaking, the law of causation could not make Seo-jun the ’cause’.
In the first place, there was no existence called Seo-joon within the category of causality.
Therefore, in exchange for depriving causality,
To be precise, the use of Seo-jun’s power as the cause of expelling the observer was inconsistent.
Seojun’s power was based on the magic of Samdanjeon,
This, too, was something that could not be measured by causality.
Still, the reason why Seo-joon can’t use his power.
“Perhaps… it is because they are contradictory beings that are not recorded in causality as well.”
“Is it because I am an existence not recorded in causality?”
“That’s right.”
Aren closed the open book and spoke again.
“As the observer was banished, the law of causality was deprived of the law of the world, but this does not mean that the law of causation has completely disappeared.”
To be precise, the law of causality descended from the main laws of the world.
Causality was still one of the laws that made up the world.
“And Kim Seo-joon is still an existence that has not been measured by the law of causality.”
Aren then added various explanations, but…
To be honest, Seo-joon couldn’t fully understand Aren’s words.
<What, what is it…? How can a beginner come up with these concepts…?>
That’s because the explanation was too complicated!
Now, of course, all power is lost.
Not being able to receive insight [S] corrections also played a role.
But even if you have insight[S].
Can you understand that concept?
‘I feel like my head is going to explode while organizing the concepts.’
Seojun could not easily nod his head.
Anyway, to summarize what we know.
When causality existed as the main law.
Seo Jun’s existence could be treated as an exception.
Just like the transcendents were exiled out of the dimension.
However, now the boundary space is collapsing and various laws are overflowing.
The world has lost the basis for judgment to define Seo-jun’s existence.
At the same time, there is no basis for Seo-jun’s power to be manifested,
The world did not acknowledge this and erased it.
“Beyond the observer, Kim Seo-joon has completely escaped from the laws created by the creator in the beginning.”
Simply put, a state in which existence exists but cannot exist.
That contradictory state was the current state of Seo-jun.
“Of course, this is just my speculation and hypothesis.”
Aren smiled slightly.
“Then how do I get my powers back?”
“You just need to modify the laws of the world a little. To be precise, it is to provide a basis for judging the existence of Kim Seo-joon.”
Amend the law to put a basis for judgment?
“Is that possible?”
“In the meantime, it was impossible to interfere with the law of cause and effect due to the rule of the observer, but now that the observer has been banished. A little interference with the laws of the world would be possible.”
Unless the Creator intervenes.
Aren muttered something, but
Seojun couldn’t hear it this time either.
“Of course it is not easy. No, it’s not that it’s not easy, it’s actually impossible. However, it is not completely impossible…”
Aren paused once and then spoke again.
“Would you like to stand over there for a moment?”
Seojun stood where Aren’s finger was pointing.
It was the center of this room, where various magic circles were engraved like scribbles.
When Seo-joon stood in his seat,
Aren stretched out his hand into the air.
Then, as if the space opened its mouth.
Aren’s outstretched hand seemed to be swallowed up in space.
It’s like taking out something.
Aren’s hand, which escaped, held a ball the size of a fist.
It seemed precious even to pretend to feel the unusual magical power.
Aren slowly closed his eyes while holding the orb, drawing out the mana.
Woo woo woo woo woo…!
As if resonating with Aren’s magical power.
The beads began to glow brightly.
“Excuse me for a moment.”
And with Aren’s voice coming through.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gung…!!
In an instant, the entire room started to shake as if an earthquake had struck.
A moment of embarrassment.
Damn—!
Suddenly, the marble Aren was holding began to crack.
and momentarily
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
“·······!!!”
In an instant, Seo-jun’s whole body began to feel a clear energy.
It feels like something small has filled the empty space.
“… Fortunately, it worked.”
In the meantime, Aren’s faint voice was heard.
Cold sweat was pouring down Aren’s face.
It looked simple, but it seemed to consume a lot of energy.
Seo-joon looked at Aren with blinking eyes.
Then he turned his head and looked at his body.
A completely different feeling than before.
Compared to the original power, about 5% of the power was returned.
It was able to use about 5% of its power.
Although only 5%
It was also a power I thought I would never get back.
“This···!”
Seo-joon opened his eyes involuntarily.
And just then.
“Unfortunately… that’s the limit in the current situation.”
Hearing Aren’s words, Seo-jun raised his head again.
“I expected it, but it’s not as easy as I thought to touch the laws of the world.”
Aren pulled a chair and sat down.
Aren’s expression seemed to have lost all of Jin,
Just looking at it gave me an idea of just how difficult the job was.
Therefore, at first glance, it could be interpreted as saying that it was no longer possible.
But Seojun didn’t think so.
It’s not different from ‘at the moment’.
Because this meant that it was possible in other circumstances.
As if he noticed Seo-jun’s thoughts.
Aren took a little break and spoke again.
“To start with the main point…”
Aren then calmly explained the principle of what he had just done.
As expected, it was a complicated and difficult explanation…
To put it simply.
“Are you saying that you need cause and effect in one word?”
We need causation, a cause that interferes with the law.
To put it a little simpler, it meant that I needed money.
“Exactly.”
Aren smiled and smiled.
Whew.
Seojun involuntarily let out a sigh.
How did this guy’s cause and effect follow him for the rest of his life?
what though
If I could get my strength back, I wouldn’t be able to do anything.
“How much do you need?
“I need quite a lot…”
Aren paused for a moment before speaking again.
“The orb you just used. It was something called a dimensional treasure… Ah, I guess you could say it’s a transcendental weapon to Kim Seo-joon.”
crazy like this
Seojun muttered involuntarily.
It’s not even the dog’s name for the transcendental weapon.
Even if you only measure the causality of the earth, it was a basic number of hundreds of thousands!
It was a device that could never, never be obtained without a free coupon.
Only 5% of the power regained by sacrificing that transcendental weapon.
It was said that 20 were needed by simple calculation.
The other day, Seojun sold Excalibur for 5,000 trillion won.
A whopping 10 views out of 20…
Scene 10…?!
“… isn’t that crazy?”
Seo-joon finally let out his heart.
no, wait.
You said you used that transcendental weapon for nothing?
why?
As if he knew Seo-jun’s question.
Aren slowly opened his mouth.
“And you have to collect the cause and effect of returning to the original dimension as well.”
“yes? Cause and effect to return to the original dimension…?”
“yes.”
Aren nodded and continued to explain further.
“As you know, moving to another dimension is almost impossible. As a possible method, it is usually to use the medium of that dimension…”
Seojun nodded slowly.
How to use the medium of that dimension.
It was because he had experienced that he, a twisted being, came over here using Ryu Jin-cheol’s body as a medium.
“But Kim Seo-joon-nim is in a position to go directly to that dimension. This really requires ridiculous causal consumption. It’s virtually impossible, so it’s an amount that spring would be right.”
At the time, Seo-joon was able to eliminate this ridiculous cause and effect by using a free coupon.
But now there are no free coupons,
The existence to issue that free coupon has now disappeared.
Therefore, there is no way for Seo-jun to go back to Earth.
but.
“If you use the method as just before, it will be possible with minimal consumption of phosphorus and phosphorus.”
Conversely, since the observer was banished,
Precisely because causality has withdrawn from the main law.
It wasn’t that there wasn’t much of a way.
“Let me explain in a bit more detail…”
Regarding this, Aren mobilized all the knowledge he had and explained it.
Although it was explained in terms of magic and various phenomena,
To be honest, it was difficult for Seo-joon to understand.
No, it was just too complicated for that!
Even if you take Merlin with harsh words, ‘Ji, the progress is too fast!’ I was about to shout.
<Wow…! These are things that you should know about at the level of the director…?>
Even the mentor who was still listening was surprised.
I couldn’t tell how complex the story was.
That’s why Seojun knew only one thing.
“······ Even that means that there is an enormous cause and effect.”
In other words, it was a story of an enormous need for money.
this crazy…
How did this guy’s life turn out?
Can’t we get out of the bondage of money?
Could it be that the law that binds the world is not actually money?
The moment I thought so.
“But doesn’t Kim Seo-joon have no cause and effect?”
Suddenly, Aren spoke to Seo-jun in a meaningful tone.
however···.
What is the reason why Aren’s expression is familiar?
<That, that expression… Kim Seojun-nim scams the instructors… Hee, hee!!>
At the same time as the mentor’s words, Aren smiled.
“If you listen to my request, you will be able to solve it sufficiently.”
And Aren’s words.
“·······”
Seojun had nothing to say.
#
Whoaaaaaagh!
A bright cloud of light burst out in front of Seo-jun’s vision, and his vision reversed.
Before long, with the view reversing again, what I saw was a tall cliff.
And in the distance, it was a city of enormous size that could be seen below.
A city that feels like a medieval style somewhere.
It was none other than the city where the ruler of this dimension, the emperor, resided.
And the reason Seo-joon was here out of the blue was simple.
<Can I really collect that many causalities…?>
It was none other than causal farming.
Here’s what Aren said.
‘In our dimension, there is only one way to gather that much cause and effect. It’s none other than getting help from the imperial family.’
‘Is it the emperor?’
That which refers to the emperor’s family?
‘yes.’
Aren nodded and continued.
‘I’ll write a letter of recommendation, so I’d be grateful if Kim Seo-joon could help the Hwang family instead of me. So that I can concentrate on my investigation.’
At the same time, Aren wrote a letter of recommendation to Seo-jun.
Immediately after receiving the letter of recommendation.
‘Well then, let’s leave right now.’
So Seo-joon was able to come here by teleport.
Seo-jun headed to the city where the emperor resides with his mentor.
And by the time we got closer to the city.
“But I don’t know if I can get help from the imperial family with just this letter.”
Seojun suddenly had a question.
It is also true that the emperor was the most noble person.
I don’t know what the emperor is in this dimension, but
Seeing that he used the word ruler of the dimension, it seemed that if he added more, he wouldn’t be able to do less.
It was unknown whether such a person would help Seo-joon, whom he had never known before.
<Still, since it’s Aren’s letter of recommendation, wouldn’t it be okay? It’s because Kim Seo-joon only sees transcendental instructors, in fact, even beginners are outstanding in their own way.>
“Well, that’s how it is.”
Seojun unconsciously nodded.
As the mentor said, it’s because the beginners are compared to the transcendental ones.
In his own way, he was a competent person who competed against the strongest.
Even more so if it was at the level of Aren.
‘But Aren has something very unusual even for a beginner.’
Come to think of it, Aren was quite different from an ordinary freshman.
It was something I felt when we first met, but rather than being a freshman—.
“What is this again?”
The sudden voice brought Seo-joon to his senses.
I wanted to be the voice of a mentor for a moment, but
It was different from the mentor’s voice I usually heard.
Besides, the tone seems to be somewhat displeased.
Seo-jun slowly turned his head in the direction from which the sound came.
and looked at it.
“You look stupid… Who dares to stand in your way?”
There, someone who seemed unusual to look at was looking down at Seo-joon.
